DBT85
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Finally I have gotten around to settling in to my workshop at home. A room indoors in the warm where I can close the door and not make a mess in the dining room or kitchen trying to do odd jobs like making a dining table!
Coming in at about 3m x 4m with built in cupboards at one end not digging in to that space, it should be more than enough to get me going. If in time I feel it's a worthwhile expense I'll move out into the cold and build a workshop in the garden.
Anyway. I learned a lot while making my dining table using mostly using a circular saw and a table saw outside. Incidentally, it still isn't finished and by the end of the year could well be almost completely rebuilt to fix some issues (racking, bowed top) (hammer).
Since then, I like many have taken a liking to Mr Sellers presence on Youtube and with a list of projects I want to do already lined up, I figured the best place to start was with a bench from which to work. He recently started a new MkII workbench build series so that's the plan I'll be following with some minor adjustments. A range of additional tools to my collection were eBayed late last year to give me the router, filletster and plough plane suggested to help out in this and later projects, along with a bunch of other bits.
Sellers plan was made with both imperial and metric measurements for his acolytes across the globe and I'll be going metric, though due to the available sizes of some boards I've done a model of what I'll be doing to help me out as I've adjusted dimensions slightly.
Legs will be cut about 50mm longer than spec as I all too often find that worktops and such are too low for me to stand at comfortably. I'd rather go long and cut it down than go short.
The worktop will have 1 extra lamination in (because I have it, so why not?) and in total ends up about 55mm wider than spec, while also being about 50mm longer again just because it's there so why not use it.
Wood for this project has come from Davies Timber in Birmingham. All ordered online because a) it'd cost me a tenner in fuel and at least 90 mins to get there, buy it and get back b) I got a new car a week ago and don't want it getting manked up yet c)I wanted a sheet of ply too and have no way of getting it home. Website is easy to use and clear for your prices. Previously I've used Avon Timber in Coventry who were ok too. Davies do charge me £36 for delivery while Avon do it for free if your order is over £100. As it happens, the material from Davies came to £161.36 + £36 delivery, Avon wanted £175.84, delivery included.
Final order list is all PAR redwood so these sizes are nominal, not finished. Cost of timber alone is £161.36.
4x 50mm x 75mm x 3.6m for the top
1x 25mm x 150mm x 3.6m for the wellboard
2x 50mm x 150mm x 3.6m for the aprons
1x 50mm x 150mm x 3.6m for the rails
1x 75mm x 100mm x 4.2m for the legs
1x 50mm x 100mm x 2.4m for the bearers
Will try to take lots of pics to post along with my experiences while doing it.
Before I can get to that, I need to make a couple of saw horses as the plastic ones I have probably aren't going to last too long if I start pounding on them. Some 50mm x 100mm and 50mm x 75mm CLS timber was ordered to solve the issue of sawhorses using Mattias Wandle's simple yet robust design.
With those complete I can get a quick sharpening plate made up within which to put my plates and a strop.
With all this, my workshop needs a bit of a wipe down from dust and grime and then a quick lick of paint to remove the "bare room that's been full of rubbish" feel. Pics and updates to follow!
Coming in at about 3m x 4m with built in cupboards at one end not digging in to that space, it should be more than enough to get me going. If in time I feel it's a worthwhile expense I'll move out into the cold and build a workshop in the garden.
Anyway. I learned a lot while making my dining table using mostly using a circular saw and a table saw outside. Incidentally, it still isn't finished and by the end of the year could well be almost completely rebuilt to fix some issues (racking, bowed top) (hammer).
Since then, I like many have taken a liking to Mr Sellers presence on Youtube and with a list of projects I want to do already lined up, I figured the best place to start was with a bench from which to work. He recently started a new MkII workbench build series so that's the plan I'll be following with some minor adjustments. A range of additional tools to my collection were eBayed late last year to give me the router, filletster and plough plane suggested to help out in this and later projects, along with a bunch of other bits.
Sellers plan was made with both imperial and metric measurements for his acolytes across the globe and I'll be going metric, though due to the available sizes of some boards I've done a model of what I'll be doing to help me out as I've adjusted dimensions slightly.
Legs will be cut about 50mm longer than spec as I all too often find that worktops and such are too low for me to stand at comfortably. I'd rather go long and cut it down than go short.
The worktop will have 1 extra lamination in (because I have it, so why not?) and in total ends up about 55mm wider than spec, while also being about 50mm longer again just because it's there so why not use it.
Wood for this project has come from Davies Timber in Birmingham. All ordered online because a) it'd cost me a tenner in fuel and at least 90 mins to get there, buy it and get back b) I got a new car a week ago and don't want it getting manked up yet c)I wanted a sheet of ply too and have no way of getting it home. Website is easy to use and clear for your prices. Previously I've used Avon Timber in Coventry who were ok too. Davies do charge me £36 for delivery while Avon do it for free if your order is over £100. As it happens, the material from Davies came to £161.36 + £36 delivery, Avon wanted £175.84, delivery included.
Final order list is all PAR redwood so these sizes are nominal, not finished. Cost of timber alone is £161.36.
4x 50mm x 75mm x 3.6m for the top
1x 25mm x 150mm x 3.6m for the wellboard
2x 50mm x 150mm x 3.6m for the aprons
1x 50mm x 150mm x 3.6m for the rails
1x 75mm x 100mm x 4.2m for the legs
1x 50mm x 100mm x 2.4m for the bearers
Will try to take lots of pics to post along with my experiences while doing it.
Before I can get to that, I need to make a couple of saw horses as the plastic ones I have probably aren't going to last too long if I start pounding on them. Some 50mm x 100mm and 50mm x 75mm CLS timber was ordered to solve the issue of sawhorses using Mattias Wandle's simple yet robust design.
With those complete I can get a quick sharpening plate made up within which to put my plates and a strop.
With all this, my workshop needs a bit of a wipe down from dust and grime and then a quick lick of paint to remove the "bare room that's been full of rubbish" feel. Pics and updates to follow!